Talk:Placerville, California

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[edit] Commentary About Weekend Tourists in the Geography Section

Hey 75.85.174.151, us tourists don't like the traffic as much as you locals, but Wikipedia is probably not the best place for this discussion. Also unfortunately I just looked at the construction plans here (http://www.cityofplacerville.org/news/highway_50_improvement_project.asp), and while the road will be widened and a new bridge built, the existing 3 lights will merely be "retimed". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.143.52 (talk) 06:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction about date when Placerville's name was changed from Hangtown

There is a contradiction in this article but I don't know what the correct information is. First one reads:

"Later in 1849, the town earned its most common historical name, "hangtown" , due to the numerous hangings that had taken place there[3]. By 1850, the temperance league and a few local churches had begun to request that a more friendly name be bestowed upon the town. The name was not changed until 1854 when the City of Placerville was incorporated." (:::)

Then, a couple of paragraphs down, it says:

"Placerville is nicknamed "Old Hangtown" (due to the fact that many people were hanged in the late 1800s)[7]" (...)

Was it the mid-1800s or the late 1800s?

Also, is it true that the town was officially called Hangtown before it was named Placerville?

Mgh511 08:43, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Google Earth

I don't know how the whole thing works, but a dot appears for Placerville on Google Earth, referencing this article on wikipedia. The problem is that the dot on google earth is out of place, displaying it as being in Yuba County. The coords for the dot are 39 13 32.08 N 121 20 01 W If someone could fix it it would be appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.31.89.149 (talk) 09:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, some other people noticed it was wrong, too. My edit should have fixed all of the coordinates. It may take a little bit for Google to update the Earth data. Jason McHuff (talk) 13:10, 22 December 2007 (UTC)